Evening Star Newspaper, July 31, 1937, Page 2

A2 b.0.P. IS DVIDED OVER LA GUARDIA Mayor Declines to Commit Himself for Primary September 16. BACKGROUND— Mayor Fiorello H. La Guardia elected as head of New York fusion slate in 1933 for term from Janu- wary 1, 1934, to December 31, 1937. Tammany split following resigna- tion of Mavor James J. Walker in 1932 instrumental in victory. La Guardia’s administration marked by reforms in city government. By the Assoclated P NEW YORK, July 31.—Republican organization ranks were split today over whether to renominate May Fiorello La Guardia. but the least eoncerned person in New York Citv's tangled mavyoralty uation appa ently was the astute himself. New York County Republicans— who control Manhattan borough—in- dorged him last night by a vote after hours of debate. Rea ng, however, that a majority of the city's voting millions are massed in the other boroughs, politically wise La Guardia d to commti himself to run in the G. O. P. primary Sep- tember 16, Would Accept Nomination, “If the Republican nomin comes to me, I shall accept it BR tion he told Kenneth F. Simpson, New York | County chairman La Guardia, Fusionist candidate. has also been indorsed by Republi- cam in Richmond Borough, but movements to obtain the indorsement of Republican organizations in the heavily populated Bronx, Queens and Brooklyn Boroughs have so far been unsuccessful. Brooklyn Republican leaders. dead- locked at a recent meeting called to indorse La Guardia, adjourned with- out naming a candidate, Leaders in Queens and the Bronx, where anti- La Guardia opposition centers, have indicated their organizations also will not back an individual candidate, Opposed by Copeland. Friends of the Mayor intimated he | believed participation in the mpuhl-r.\ an primary hardly worth the risk unless he were assured of stronger | organization support. He would be opposed by Senator Roval 8. Cope- | land, Tammany-indorsed mayoralty | eandidate, who will enter both Re- publican and Democratic primaries. The chunky little Mayor's out- spoken support of the New Deal was seen by political observers as the strongest obstacle in his path to the G. O. P. nomination. Copeland, although a Democrat, has been a lead- ing critic of the Roosevelt adminis- tration. Several Republican district Jeaders have announced they will back bim. ——— NEWLY-FOUND COMET NEARING SIGHT RANGE Stellar Traveler Discovered by Bwiss to Be Brightest August 9, Astronomers Announce. By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, July 31.—The most re- eently discovered comet, seen first by P. Finsler of Zurich, 8witzerland, on July 4, will be visible to the naked eve during the first weeks in August, astronomers of the Yerkes Observatory of the University of Chicago said yes- terday. They said it would be visible from tomorrow to August 21, moving across the Big Dipper group, from close to | the Pole star to near Arcturus. Ap- pearing in the evening sky, Finsler's Comet will be brighest around August 9, the astronomers said. They explained that opera or field glasses would bring out the presence | of a little tail pointing away from the | sun. FATHER JAILS GROOM ON PERIURY CHARGE Bwears to}_ Again TYouth, Alleging Daughter Only 17 on Wedding Day. Br 2 8taf Correspondent of The Star. ROCKVILLE, Md, July 31— eharge of perjury confronted a 19- | Warrant year-old Washington bridegroom today | following his marriage to a Capitol Heights, Md., girl whose father said she is but 17. The youth, James G. Calomiris of 221 First street northeast, Washing- ton. D. C, was arrested in Hyattsville Yesterday and s being held here in the county in default of $1,000 bond. He was taken warrant sworn to by Miiten C. Bell of %722 Central avenue, Capitol Heights. an emplove in the Washington Navy Yard, who #aid Calon had falsely stated the age of his dfl;fl}‘ er, Caro- line Bell, K a marriage | hose age was given as sv*(n'dln. to the father. Calomiris and Miss Bell were mar ried by Rev. Herbert O. Cooper tor of the Rock e Baptist Crurch, GERMANS TO MARK BEGINNING OF WAR| 100,000 Veterans to “Mobilize for Peace” in Berlin 8tadium Tomorrow, By the Atsociated Press BERLIN, Jul 31 —German erans of the World War wer ing today to observe the twenty-third | anniversary of the war's outbreak to- | morrow with peace.” One hundred thousand veterans | were expected to gather in the Olympic | Btadium for the observance The | first of 59 apecial trains bringing | “front fighters"—former service men— from all parts of Germany already were arriving Guest delegations were from a dozen foreign countries Marshal Werner von Blomberg minister of war, and Gen Werner von Fristch, commander 1 chief of the army, are scheduled to attend the rally. It was August 1, 1914, that Ger- many and Russia went to war, Vote Aznmt Thxrd Term Asked. Representative Fish, Republican, o( New York, told the House today he believed Congress should gn on recors sgainst & third term for fore it adjourns. w a “mobilization for 4-to-1} | and plant | Egyptian’s idea of the top expected | Baron | s—mrm be. THE EVENING STAR. WASHINGTONX, D. C. SATURDAY, JULY ' 31, 1937. Washington Wayside Tales Random Observations of Interesting Events and Things. THE BOIDS EVER knowing what we will be writing about next, if any- thing, we find ourselves on this Midsummer morn about to launch a discourse on Egyptian hiero- glvphics and the preservation of wild life in North America. (Come on, take off your hat and step running for that door. It won't hurt much.) There has appeared.upon the scene lately a magazine called the Journal | of Wildlife Management, whose edi- tors had quite a tussle finding a proper symbol for the cover. After exploring most of the places around town where old and odd symbols may be had, they wound up at the Freer :A t Gallery, which is bulging with N =S =N NN Egyptian hieroglyphics. Curator J. E. Lodge pointed out some figures that the pyramid builders used in building | the Journal adopted four rows of them to adorn the magazine cover, Each row contains drawings of birds, but the “words” do not mean birds They signify “beasts,” “birds,” “‘fishes” and “flowering plants.” The Egyptians didn't have any symbol to mean Journal of Wildlife Management. The end symbols in the bird, fish “words” are plain drawings of these objects, but in the fourth | word (top one in the cut) what ap- pears to be & leaf with stem hanging down toward three vertical lines is an view of the south end of a north-bound beast. * % % % CANCELLATION. Ice man who makes the rounds out in Northeast was scolded the other day by a customer for not de- livering the cool stuff for three days running. “Why, m'm” quoth he. “How can you say that, when you yourself told me you didn't want any.” “I told you? Hah. What did I say?” “Why, I'd come walking up with the ice on my shoulder, and you'd say, ‘No ice today,’ so what was I to do?” “Oh,” said the lady. Tom Collins. tion to him.” “I see,” said the ice man, backing away warily. “Sure.” “Tom Collins,” the customer added, just before lasing a good ice man, “is my new parrot.” * % x % PEACE GUN. MONG the pamphlets on law enforcement published and dis- tributed by the Department of Justice “That was Never pay any atten- sheriffs and marshals. Marshal out in Nebraska just starting on the job | read one of these and wrote to Mr., J. Edgar Hoover's representatives Omaha “Thank you for the good wishes and I am sure the pamphlet will be a great help. “But I would like some more in- formation—where can I get a police- man's whistle?” * % ox % FLOATING POWER. RIEND who browses around the museums (we still fail to under- stand why some art galleries here close | at 4:30, in a town where most people get away from the office at that hour) tells us that no one pays any especial attention to a strange-looking con- traption down in the east wing of the | | National Museum. although their m-. to custody on a | terest might flare did they know the ! BUYER STR”(E HALTED gadget is the first piece of equipment used for commercial electric lighting Machine is about 4 feet high, its principal feature being two poles wound with wire. Entire set-up ap- pears to have been assembled in some | amateur's spare time, although. of | [ course, it was considered stuff when | first introduced to a candlelit world The first use was made of incandes- cent bulbs in a large way on a sea- going vessel, not on land. In May of | 1880 the steamer Columbia sailed from New York bound for Portland, Oreg. | making the trip around the Horn. The light plant was aboard her on tha journey, and remained in use until 1895, when it was supplanted by more | modern equipment Fire insurance companies refused to insure the boat after she took electric light aboard. the theory being that a | fire in an ofl lamp was better than monkeying around with this funny business known as electricity. The steamship company 115 lights, of installed 16 candlepower each, those in the staterooms being con- troiled by switches located just outside the cabin door. The steward had the key to the switches, and when you wanted the lights on or off you called him, which suggests maybe the com- peny wasn't quite sure whether or not the whole business would go off | with a bang Incidentally, the Columbia’s lighting ptem nnerlufl less than 25 kilowatts. & passenger boat of the type from cosst to coast via the Canal -nen’ sbout 18,000 T ply, words, & minor sport of the era, and | iz one giving advice to newly-appointed | in | Reunion American Club of Paris. mayor of Versailles. Pershing city. in Paris Wovld War leaders of two nations meet again at the They are Marshal Petain (right) and Gen. John J. Pershing. Between them is Senator Henryohaye, is an honorary citizen of that MID-AUGUST SEEN FOR ADJOURNMENT Leaders Say Agreement on Labor Bill Removes Serious Threat. By the Arsociated Press. Congressional chieftains, encouraged | by virtual completion of the Senate | wage and hour dispute, talked confi dently today of adjournment by mid- | August. They said the agreement ending | debate today on the controversial labor bill removed the most serious | threat to early adjournment with the possible exception of a new dispute over the court bill ‘The Wagner housing bill will taken up by the Senate Monday, (’ TR Pt i e e Then will come the court bill, which | mlv go through in n dnu«n u u~‘ mpts are made to nd it, [ dlvn may be nqumd ‘The House has not acted on either | the housing or wage and hour bill, | but limitations on debate in that chamber prevent the possibility of indefinite delays once legislation reaches the floor. Talk of August 14 as Date. Without making definite forecasts, Senate leaders were talking for the | first time of adjourning as early as| AUgust 14, or & week later. | The chief possibility of a battle over | the court bill, non-controversial in the form recommended by the Senate | Judiciary Committee, centered on the amendment proposed by Senator Min- | ton, Democrat, of Indiana to require decisions by two-thirds of the Supreme | Court to invalidate acts of Congress. ‘ There were recurrent rumors, also. that some Senator would offer the original court bill as an amendment but no one had publicly announced | mich an intention. This move. how- | ever, almost certainly would bring on much of the debate which was side- tracked when the original court bill| was sent back to committee. Two Other Hazards Seen. Aside from the court issue two other | possible hazards to adjournment wor- | ried leaders | One was the sugar quota bill, but harmony seemed possible after leaders of the House sugar bioc decided ves- terday to delete a provision restricting | imports from Hawaii, Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands. The other was the anti-lynching | bill pending in the Senate. This meas- | ure already has passed the House. If leaders could get all their vital legisla- tion through ahead of it, they n-ight let it come up in the Senate and then adjourn, leaving it hanging until next | session. Farm legislation appeared out of the picture, but Representative Eicher, | Democrat, of Iowa, chairman of the Prairie States congressional farm bloc, \ said that if the Senate passed the | wage and hour bill. he would trv block it in the House unless Cnngr-.\: enacts a farm price stabilization hill He asserted farmers were afraid the | 1abor legislation would cause further | | increases in cost of goods thev must | buy, without a compensating lift to | agricultural income. BY ORDER OF COURT | By the Associated Prese | PHILADELPHIA, July 31— Federal | Judge Oliver B. Dickinson issued a temporary order vesterday restraining | 15 film exhibitor firms and 23 in- dividuals in Eastern Pennsylvania, | New Jersey and Delaware from con- | ducting a b ' strike against Para- |mnvmt Pictures, Inc, of Hollywood. The order applies also to an inde- pendent theater operators’ association | of the three States. The association " | voted opposition to Paramount for | alleged failure to supply the full num- ber of feature pictures for the contract | vear ending vesterday. The court order is effective until | | Monday, when the exhibitors will be | given & chance to answer the charges. b sl i il | kilowatts, of which 13,200 kilowatts | are available for propelling the ship. % oxox COMRADE. This story came to us Wednes- day from the lad involved. On Thursday the lass who plays the lead had it printed in her own paper. We still like it, and we still use it, as a communistic mnote: Girl who works on a rival news- paper was assigned to cover the re- ception held at the Soviet Embassy tn homor of the transpolar fiyers. Not wishing to go alone, she called up and asked if she might bring a lad along with her The voice at the other end of the wire said, after a flustered pause “May we have the gentleman's name, please’” And is he in the Social Register?” She said she didn't know, but would find out. Looked him up, and he was. She called the Embassy and said yes, the comrade was a soctal registerite. | Bentty, | appearance in court on “In that oase” said the voice sweetly, “we would be delighted to have you dring eruend along.” —A. P. Photo. Le 28 of Table sprout Leaves 3 Inches Long Owner Wonders What Will Happen W hen Fall Arrives. RED BANK, N. table with three part of the bargain. Since then sprouts burst from the egs with leaves 3 inches long, she said Now the table is being coaxed with water. Mrs. Fontana wonders what'll happen when Fall comes around. * PEERY DECLINES STRIKE TRIALROLE |Governor “Deems It Improp- er” to Interfere in Cov- ington Cases. By the Associated Press. RICHMOND, Va, July 31 —Gov Peery informed officials of the Vir- ginia Federation of Labor today deemed it improper to intervene in the | trials of union rayon strikers at Cov- ington. where two have been convicted of mob assault and batterv and sen- enced to terms in the State Peni- tentiary. “If the law is violated,” the Go ernor wrote W. D. Anderson, le lative chairman for the federation | “it 18 the duty of the courts and the law enforcement officers of the State | | to see that the guilty are reasonably punished * * ¢ “I conceive it to be my duty to see that the laws are fairly executed and that the right of every employe who desires to work be preserved to him " He made the letter public last night almost simultaneously with the con- viction of Ray Beatty, secretary of local 2214, Synthetie Yarn Federation, in Alleghany Circuit Court. Beatty's punishment was fixed at three years in prison, a year lighter than that given Glenn Perkins, the first con- victed, and whose case prompted pro- tests to the Governor from Anderson | and Joseph Rossano of Portsmouth | and E. J. Shave of Hampton, president and secretary, respectively, of the federation of labor Anderson, contending the Perkins verdict showed “discrimination against a4 man because of hi: l!fhl\al&nn with | a labor organization,” sought action | from the Governor to halt the trials. The Rayon Workers' Union is affili- ated with the Committee for Industrial Organization. The Virginia Federa- tion of Labor, which protested against | the sentences, is affiliated with the American Federation of Labor Gov. Peery declared in his le‘ter to Anderson that “any organization which represents either the employer | or the employes that either incites or | condones violation of the law never hope to win by any such tactics “Public opinion in Virginia and the Nation,” he said, “will not stand for it.” SENTENCED TO THREE YEARS. can Covington Striker Charges He Was ramed” by Testimony. COVINGTON, Va., July 31 (’).—Ray secretary of Local 2214, Syn- thetic Yarn Federation was convicted vesterday of assault and battery while A member of & mob and sentenced to three years in the Penitentiary A Highland County jury in Alle- | ghany County Circuit Court returned A verdict of guilty after deliberating 50 minutes. The charge against Beatty grew out of a clash between union and | non-union men at the plant of the Industrial Rayon Corp, July 7 The court denied a motion by de- fense counsel to set aside the verdict as contrary to law and evidence. Beatty was released on a $3,000 bond, containing a peace clause for his September 1 in order to give defense to review the evidence nete an appeal Beatty, in commenting on the ver- dict following his release on bond, said and possibly “I know I was framed by a portion of | the opposing evidence and should not have been convicted. I hope I will be successful in proving my innocence in an appeal to the higher court.” 18 26 vears old and married Beatty is the second of 16 strikers against whom charges have been | brought Glenn Perkins, the only other defendant brought to trial, was sentenced to four years by a Highland County jury. INHABITANTS TO MEET Association to Hold Monthly Ses- sion Wednesday Night. The Association of Oldest Inhabi- tants of the District of Columbia will hold its regular monthly meeting at the old Union Engine House, Nine- teenth and H streets, next Wednesday night bomm‘ at 7:30. J., July 31.—When | Mrs. Joseph Fontana bought a wooden | legs foliage wasn't | he | +| “Business is expected to improve.” counsel time | Beatty | Ford Works 30,000 B0Y SCOUTS AT WORLD RALLY U. S. Contingent of 805 Joins Greatest Jamboree, With 31 Nations Represented. BACKGROUND— Fifth world jamboree of Scout- dom was financed by issue of spe- cial commemorative stamps in Hol- land and by lotterics, and by for- mation of guarantee fund of 87.000 guilders ($47.937). Nations out- numbering Ynited States delegation are: 10.000 Dutch, 8,000 British, 2,400 French, 860 Belgians. By the Associated Press VOGELENZANG. the Netherlands July 31.—Thirty thousand Boy Scouts | from 31 countries were assembled here today for the opening of their fifth world jamboree 1y Queen Wilhelmina A United States contingent of 805 and 25 Scouts from Mexico were in the uniformed ranks called to atten- tion by Chief Scout Lord Robert | Baden-Powell. It was the greatest gathering in the history of scouteraft, the first jam- | boree since the 1933 meeting at Go- | dollo, Hungary. Set amid some of the Netherlands most beautiful scenery 4 miles }:Hm} Haarlem, and within easy reach of the | North Sea for swimming, the camp is | in reality a collection of 10 camps, | Henry Ford, 74 years old y work routine. Here he is with laboratory of his automobile pl pmf of un unnlvflc on Birthday esterday, did not interrupt his Robert Boyer in the chemical ant in Detroit, reading the re- RIVER DRAGGED FOR GIRL'S BODY Leona Beck Leaps Off Key Bridge as Mother and Brother Watch. Harbor police dragged the Potomac River today for the body of 16-year- old Leona Beck, who last night )vlmwd off Key Bridge, apparently in a final | rebellion against parental control, as| | her mother, brother and two close friends looked on, horror-stricken. Reports that the girl, Who was a | good swimmer, might have swum | ashore after the 100-foot plunge into | the river, were discounted by police Her mother, Mrs. Goldie Beck, 1512 Wisconsin avenue, said the apparently fatal leap climaxed a year of trouble. She said Leona had gradually drifted away from parental control, and ran away from home two months ago, to be returned by police Promised to Do Better. “I couldn't do a thing with her” the mother said as she nervously paced the living room of her apartment “She was a good girl up until about a yvear ago. She sang in the chapel choir at church. Then she got to| coming in at all hours of the night. She quit going to church. When she was 16, last February, she quit school. “Just the other day, though, I had a good talk with her, and she prom- ised to do better. She said, ‘Mother, each accommodating 3,000 Scouts It is run like a town, with 64 shops on a specially constructed market square. Banks, fire stations and hos- pitals, doctors and priests of all de- nominations are there, and telephone and radio facilities have been installed A police force made up of 87 Rover | Scouts under command of a police in- | spector will keep order The camp has a restaurant serving | 3.000 persons, but most of the Scouts cook their own meals. There is Brit- ish and Dutch fare, in addition to special menus for vegetarian, orthodox Jewish, Moslem and Hindu contingents During the jamboree national dis- plays and pageants will be given by the Scouts in the camp arena, There will be regular campfire “singsongs,” where the Hungarians will dance their wild czardas, Indians chant their melancholy airs to the ac- companiment of real “Krontjong” music and Danes give their gymnastic | exhibitions. LABOR HEAD URGES WAGE-HOUR LAW Miss Perkins Cites Need Despite Gains Since De- pression. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, July 31.—Becretary | Perkins said last night the country needs wage and hour legislation de- | spite industrial gains since the de- | pression. | “Even with continued improvement we need legislation which will in- crease the purchasing power of the| lower income groups so that farmers, merchants, manufacturers, railroads | '8 | and investors all may benefit.” the La- | I™ ROINZ fto start going to church | bor Department chief said in a radio | 8%ain’ But then, when they called iih for her she was out again o “The pending legislation in Con- S ki Comax came amly laay) S A S minec) I ARUE. B o B Bepk 3 Bl saw her daughter sitting in an auto. A 1929, which was | MObile acTOSS the street with a neigh a high income year, nearly 16.400,000 | o BT S familes had incomes of less than §2,000 | O™ AERU® J a year and of this number nearly| "’ | 6.000.000 had incomes of less than| T called to her to come on home, $1.000 a year. Mrs. Beck said, “that this staying “Approximately 160,000 families had | 0t 8ll the time and never coming incomes of $25,000 or more a year and | 1OM® to supper had to stop. But she | 63.000 had incomes of $50.000 or more, | /4n't come. Soon she got out of the | The great bulk of our families even | @7 #nd started walking up P street.| in 1929 had incomes under $2,000 and | “Hattie and the man with her fol- | a very substantial number lived al- lowed Leona in the car. In a little | most on a poverty level.” A.F.OFL. FORECASTS; GOOD TRADE YEAR| jump into the river. I called Harold. | | Holds Large Gains in Union Mem- my 17-year-old son, and we got in the | car and drove down to Key Bridge. bership Have Been Beneficial to Business. “Leona was sitting on the railing, By the Associated Press. with her feet over on the river side. | When she saw us drive up. she jumped | Trade will reach a “highly satisfac- | tory level” in the last three months of | in before I could say anything to her. | I didn't hear her say anything.” | the vear, the American Federation of | Labor predicted yesterday. | Dropped Near Fisherman. The body dropped near the boat of “We are now in the dullest period | of the year,” the federation said in| a fisherman, but sank out of sight be- its monthly business survey. fore he could get to her. Police began their search for the body within a short time. Curious motorists stopping on the | bridge to watch the dragging work | this morning caused a serious traffic | jam for a while. Police finally un-| tangled the snarl, however, forcing | all cars to keep moving Miss Gissel refused to see reporters this morning. Her father, Benjamin Gissel, said: “She’s too upset to talx. | I had to give her sleeping powders to get her to rest last night.” ‘ Gissel said he had heard some re- | ports that Leona was seen swimming strongly toward the Virginia bank after her plunge into the river, but these | could not be confirmed and were dis- | counted by police, Large gains in union membership | last Spring, the federation said, had been of great benefit to business and had done much to check which were paving the way | other depression.” Wage increases and cuts in wprk- ing hours due to unionization, the fed- | eration said, had increased purchas- | ing power 7.5 per cent so far this year ROW OVER. SECURITY | POSITIONS NEAR END | “excesses for an- 'WAGE FOR HUSIERY WORKERS IS FIXED Secretary Perkins Sets $14 as Minimum for 40-Hour Week. By the Associated Press Secretary Perkins decided vesterday that the minimum wage for seamless Senate Confirms Appointment of 43 Experts and Attorneys. Nine to Be Acted On. The row over positions at the So- | cial Security Board was in a fair way to be settled today, following con- firmation by the Senate late yester- day of 43 experts and attorneys af- | NOsiery mill employes working on Gav- fected by the rider to the last in-|ernment orders shall be 35 cents an | dependent offices supply bill. This | hour or $14 for a 40-hour week took appointments away from the| In an order issued under the Walsh- | Poard itself when they carry salaries Healey Government contract act, the of $5,000 or more and required them | Labor Department chief refused to to be filled by presidential nomina- | allow Southern mills a lower scale, tion and Senate approval saying the figures show “the imprac- The Senate Appropriations Com- | ticability of geographic differentials.” mittee, which sponsored the legisla- | For instance, she said, North Caro- | tion, still has not acted on the nom- | lina workers' average hourly earnings | Ination of nine other incumbents,|are 383 cents, while Pennsylvania including three high ranking officers | pays 37.6 cents of the board, but it was understood | A differential providing & lower | their nominations are to be reported | wage for the South and a higher wage | out Monday, The three high officers | ror tne North would not truly repre- | "yr'; n";"kc Bane ‘“:‘::””l" d”r‘f‘"‘(“‘j' sent the conditions prevailing in these director. and LRy Hosass. drouve | two major States” she added | 5 7 o ges, dIreclor | Miss Perkins also fixed the follow- S O ithe Bureau ol 4 Ae Bemenla| o iniasimsf with 4 Ty masimirs | work weeks, in other industries As & result of the delay in acting | i i on the 52 nominations all those to- | Men's hat and cap, $27 $14; men’s raincoat, $16. Ffifflf&” ;’,vd:f’"r h:::;:dre:\::r:r no| The Walsh-Healey act provides that | money since July 1. Those who have | the Secretary of Labor may fix mini- | been confirmed will be paid in the | mum wages and maximum hours in next few days. The eventual pay|accord with prevailing standards, to status of the others who may fail oflbe applied to employes filling Federal oonflrmnnow. indefinite. Governmegg orders. | i work glove, —Copyright, A. P. Wirephoto. Leaps Into River VACANCY IN COURT MAY GO TO JURIST Circuit Judge Held Likely to Be Chosen—President Cruises on Potomac. By the Associated Press. While President Roosevelt cruised on the Potomac River today, official Washington pondered over reliable predictions that a Federal Circuit Court judge wouid be picked by tha Executive for the Supreme Court vacancy. The forecast, made by two high administration officials, tended to put an end to speculation over the avail- ability of Gov. Frank Murphy of Michigan, who was to join Mr. Roose- velt today aboard the presidential yacht, Murphy himself, before flying hera from a special session of the Michigan Legislature, said his visit with the President had “no significance.” but Senator Brown, Democrat, of Michiq gan had sald egrlier he thought it “entirely possible’” a successor to Jus= tice Van Devanter would be discussed, Several Circuits Unrepresented. The administration officials, who preferred to remain anonymous, point« ed out that four or five of the Federal Court circuits are not represented on the supreme bench. It would be logi- cal, they indicated, to select a jurist from one of those circuits. Judge Sam G. Bratton of New Mex« ico and Judge Joseph C. Hutcheson, jr., of Texas have been mentioned in that category. Bratton is a former Senator and Hutcheson once was Mayor of Houstqn. There were unconfirmed reports Ate torney General Cummings had ine formed Mr. Roosevelt he could make a recess appointment after Congress ad- LEO’VA BECK WAGE-HOUR STAND MAY INJURE GREEN A.F.of L. Members Opposed to Any Standards Law. Hit Re-election. By the Associated Press. Opposition to re-election of Presi- dent William Green may devolep in the American Federation of Labor, some members said today, because he is supporting the Senate wage-and- hour bill The federation's convention is only two months distant. Whether peace could be made in the meantime was a subject of speculation among A. F. of L. followers. The heads of the A. F. of L. metal trades and building trades depart- ments sent lobbyists to the Capitol | this week to seek delay in enacting the bill, at least until next year. Many leader time, contending it would fetter Favors Changes in House. Green said Labor Committee's draft did not meet the federation’s ap- proval, but that it seemed advisable for the Senate to approve the best meastre possible, “with the hope it can be revised and amended in the House.” Angered, the two department presi- dents redoubled their efforts to send the bill back to committee. They issued & statement against enact- ment before there had been “adequate opportunity for examination, con- sultation and conference.” Although Green was re-elected unanimously at the Tampa, Fla., con- vention last year, behind-the-scenes vesterd: of the bill talk in federation quarters has indi- | cated there was some opposition to | his policies. Policies Opposed By Many. Some of the A. F. of L opponents of John L 's most rabid Lewis' commit- tee for Industrial Organization have | in- | said In private conversations, stance, they believed Green has not waged A sufficiently heated fight against the C. I O. rebels Green generally has favored an in- creased amount of Government regu- lation of industry. This has met out- spoken opposition from some of the other leaders Before Lewis finally broke with the federation, reports circulated in labor quarters that George Harrison, youth- ful president of the railway clerks, would be groomed to succeed Green. These reports have not been heard for months, however, because Harri- son has been friendly toward Lewis throughout the C. I. O. rebellion. for |COAL PRODUCERS FIGHT FEDERAL PLANNING BILL Proposal to Set Up National Sys- tem of Power Authorities Opposed. By the Associated Press. Representatives of the bituminous and anthracite coal producers vester- day protested the proposal to set up a | national system of power and planning authorities. John B. Scott of the Anthracite In- stitute was one of the spokesmen of the coal industry appearing at a hear- ing on the legislation held by the House Rivers and Harbors Committee. said hard coal producers were opposed | to the Morris-Mansfleld bill “not only | | because of its immediate and potential effect on coal marketing and employ= ment but because it i& unsound eco- nomirally and against the public in- terest.” Scott said he indorsed “exactly” the | views of John D. Battle, executive sec- retary of the National Coal Associa- tion, who urged rejection of the bill on Hghalf of bituminous producers. in those departments | | oppose wage-and-hour legislation at | | any | labor the Senate | He | journs. The President said he had re- celved the informal opinion but did not disclose its nature. Mr. Roosevelt began his cruise on the yacht Potomac last night withous waiting for Gov. Murphy. who had telephoned the White House that tha legislative session would delay him, The Michigan Senate adjourned late last night without approving the Gove ernor’s labor relations bills. Speeds to Yacht. Murphy arranged to take a com- mercial plane to Washington this morning, reaching the yacht by a naval plane bearing mail to the President “I am devoted to the President and his leadership, and am privileged to enjoy a close personal friendship with him,” said Murphy, former Governor General of the Philippines. The President’s guests today also will include Secretary Ickes, Senator Green, | Democrat, of Rhode Island; Josephins Roche, Assistant Secretary of the Treasury; Capt. Paul Bastedo, naval aide, and Miss Marguerite Lehand, a secretary. Mr. Roosevelt expects to confine his cruise to a section near the Capital, He will return to the White House tomorrow night in-time to make s radio broadcast. The President and Gen. John J. Pershing, chief of the World War Expeditionary Force, will speak on an international broadcast dedicating the American monument at the battlefield of Montfaucon, France. —_ |A. & F. AUTO RAILROAD TO BUY NEW EQUIPMENT Virginia Corporation Commission Grants Line Authority to Borrow $38,000. By the Associated Press, RICHMOND, Va., July 31.—The | State Corporation Commission granted Aauthority to the Arlington & Fairfax | Auto Railroad Co. yesterday to bor- row $38,000 for a down payment on new equipment and improvements to tracks. The permit said the remainder of a sum of $81.893.40 that will be due on materials purchased by the firm would be paid in 36 monthly instaliments of $2.274.82 each. beginning September 1. The company, corporation officials | said, has an application pending be- | fore the Interstate Commerce Com- mission for extension of its service di- rectly into Washington, EMPLOYE LEADERS BACK PRINCIPLES OF 2 BILLS teward and Baker Both Say, However, That Minimum Pay Should Be 81,500, Approval of the principle of the pay and retirement bills introduced by Representative Ramspeck, Democrat, of Georgia was expressed in statements today by Luther C. Steward, president | of the National Federation of Federal | Employes, and Jacob Baker, president |of the United Federal Workers of America. | In both instances, however, it was said that the minimum pay should be $1.,500 rather than the $1,200 provided by the Ramspeck bill. On retirement, Steward pointed out that a number of the liberalizing fea- tures have been advocated by the N. F. F. E. for several years, but that | others must be studied further before an opinion is expressed. THIRD MIDDIE GROUP TO EMBARK MONDAY Approximately 200 Members of Junior Class Will Sail on Gun- boat and Six Destroyers. By the Associated Press. ANNAPOLIS, Md,, July 31.—A third group of the junior class at the Naval Academy, comprising about 200 mid- shipmen, will embark Monday on the gunboat Erie and six destroyers for a short training cruise off the Atlantic coast. The Erie and the destroyers Claxton, J. Fred Talbott, Roper, Fairfax, Jacob Jones and Manley docked at the acad- emy yesterday with 210 members of the class—the second detachment to make the same cruise this Summer. When the ships complete the third cruise all members of the junior class will have been to sea on the flotilla. Congress in Brief TODAY. Senste: Votes, on wage-hour bill shortly after 3 §.m. House: